Package-band-fastening device.



APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1913.

Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

uuvnnmlnulll" l ll ` HFIQE@ WILLIAM A. PAULUS, OF RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

PACKAGE-BAND-FAST'ENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 28, 1913.

` Patented Apr. 14C, 1914i. Serial No. 803,433.

To all whom it mcg/concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. PAULUs, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Ridgewood, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package- Band-Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fastening devices designed for use in securing packages of various articles of merchandise, such as gloves, neck ties, stockings, and like articles, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple in construction, convenient in operation, and which will permit of the use of a flexible band or bands of paper or similar material without the necessity of tying the same.

The invention described and claimed here` in is an improvement on that described and claimed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,021,884, granted to me April 2, 1912, and said invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, `in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which 5- Figure l is a plan view showing my improved fastening device and indicating the method of its use in securing a package of gloves together ;-Fig. 2 a plan view of a blank from which one part of my improved fastening device is made ;-Fig. 3 a partial section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1;-Fig. 4 a view showing one step in the process of forming my improved fastening device, and Fig. 5 a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1, and on anenlarged scale.

In the practice of my invention, I provide .a band a, preferably of stiff paper or other fibrous material, and which for the purpose of this description will be called a lock band, and this band is divided transversely by score or similar lines a2 into" four parts a3, a4, a5 and a6. The parts a3, a4 and a5 are approximately of the same dimensions longitudinally and transversely, except that the side edges of the part a5 are made con` cave, as shown at a7, while the part as is triangular in form and preferably shorter than the other parts.

'Ihe lock band a is folded to form the lock member of my improved fastening device which s shown at and in this operation, the part dis first folded onto the part a4, and the parts a3 and a4 are then folded onto the part a5, after which the part af is folded over the part at. I also employ, as a part of my improved fastening device, a tie band c composed of paper or other suitable fibrous material, and in practice, the end portion c2 of said tie band is passed through the center of the lock member b, as shown at c3, and around and across the back thereof, as shown at c4, and is sealed to said back which consists of the part a and a corresponding triangular portion as of the part at, as shown at c5. In this operation, I preferably provide one side of the part as with a suitable glue, mucilage or adhesive material a9 adapted to be moistened in the usual manner, and the corresponding side as o-f the part at of the lock band is similarly provided, as shown at al, and when the end portion c2 is passed through the lock member, as described, all that is necessary is to moisten the glued surfaces of the part LG and corresponding portion of the part at and press the end portion c2 of the tie band c thereonto. It will be understood, however, that while I prefer the above described process of procedure which involves the application of glue, muoilage, or similar substance, to one side of the part a@ and to the corresponding side of the corresponding part of the part at of the lock band, this methodv of procedure is not absolutely necessary, and instead thereof, the end portion c2 of the tie band may be provided on one side with glue, mucilage or like substance, and when said end portion of the tie band has been passed through the lock member Z), the surface thereof provided with glue may be moistened and then sealed to the back of said lock member consisting of the part a of the lock band, and the part as of the part at thereof.

The package holder or fastening device is now ready for use, and in this use the end portion c of the tie band c is passed around the package and through the lock member, as shown at c7, and then passed back through. the lock member Z; and under the front part or fold a5 thereof. This forms a simple and effective fastening device for the bundle or package d, and one which is comparatively inexpensive, and when it is desired to untie the bundle or package, the tie band may simply torn off, or the end portion c6 thereof may be passed back from under the part a5 of the lock member, and then pulled out in the direction of the arrow X of F ig. 3.

The free end es of the tie band c is rounded, as shown in F ig. l, to facilitate the passage thereof through the lock member b, as hereinbefore described, and the'opposite side edges a7 of the part a5 of the lock band or lock member are made concave for a similar purpose, Vand the part a5 of the lock member or lock band a, forms, as will be seen, a name plate, or face plate, on which the name of the manufacturer, or a trade mark, may be placed if desired, as shown at e in Fig. l.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the main point of difference be tween the invention described and claimed herein, and that which is covered by the patent hereinbeforereferred to, consists in cutting oft' the part a of the lock band so as to malte it triangular in form, whereby, when said part a is folded over the part a4, a corresponding portion of the part at will be left uncovered, and the end portion c2 of the tie band may be sealed to both of said parts, and this results in, not only securing the end portion 02 of the tie band to the lock member formed by the lock band a', but also secures the loch band in a folded position, or in other words, holds the lock member b formed from the lock band, in proper position and condition for use, and this facilitates the use of the fastening device, or the manipulation thereof for the purpose or purposes for which it is intended, and although I have described the part a of the lock band as made triangular in form, it will be understood that this shape of said part is not an essential feature, all that is necessary in this connect-ion being that said part a of the lock band shall be smaller or less in dimensions than the part a4, in order that the end portion c2 of the tie band may be sealed to both of said parts.

It will also be understood that while I have stated that the part a, and a part of the part at of the lock band, or the part c2 of the tie band are, or may be provided with mucilage, gum, glue, or similar substance, in the making of said parts, for the purpose of sealing or securing said part c2 of the tie band to the parts a and a4 of the lock band, this method of procedure is not absolutely necessary, as liquid glue or paste of any kind may be applied to the part c2 of the tie band, or to the parts and a* of the lock band, after said members have been connected, as shown in Fig. 4, and said part c2 of the tie band may be folded over and secured to the parts a and t4 of the lock band, as will be readily'understood.

I-Iaving fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A fastening device consisting of a lock band composed of a stripof flexible material divided, by folding lines, into four parts, one end part being triangular in form and the other parts being substantially equal in dimensions, and said parts being folded to form a lock member and so that the triangular end part will lie on the part adjacent to the other end part, and a tie band passed through the folded lock band and oneend of which is adapted to be sealed to the triangular end portion'of the lock band, and that other portion of the lock band on which the triangular en d portion rest-s, the other end of the tie band being free, and said folded lock band being adapted to permit the passage of the free end of the tie band centrally therethrough and between the folds of the same Y and under t-he front part thereof, the other end of said tie band being also rounded, and the side edges of the front face portion of the lock member being concave.

2. A fastening device consisting of a'lock band composed ofa strip of flexible material divided by folding lines into four parts three of which are approximately of the same dimensions, one end part being of less dimensions, and said parts being folded to form a lock member and so that the smaller end part will lie on the part adjacent to the other end part, and a tie band passed through the folded lock band and one end of which is adapted to be sealed to the smaller end portion o-f the lock band, and that other portion of the lock band on which the smaller end portion rests, the otherl end of the tie band being free, and said folded lock band being adapted to permit the passage of the free end of the tie band centrally there-V through and between the folds of the same and under the front part thereof, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 25th day of November 1913. f y

WILLIAM A. PAULUS.

Witnesses C. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON.

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